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Patented Apr. 9, 1929.

UNITED STATES EARL W. STORMS, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

WINDOW FRAME.

Application filed March 21, 1927. Serial No. 177,901.

My invention relates to window frames,

and it consists in the combination, construction, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

One object of my invention is to so con struct a'window frame that it is adapted to support a wall structure to which it is fixed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a window frame with substantially vertical members Which are adapted to hold the balances or pulleys for the Window sashes thlirein so as to dispense with the usual pulley 'sti es.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a Window frame with substantially vertical members of the character mentioned and to join the window sill to the members in such a manner as to make the joints virtually water-tight.

A further object of the invention is to construct a window frame so'that only a narrow casing is required therefor, both on the inside and on the outside of the wall structure in which the shade is set and that, as a result thereof, the building-cost is materially reduced.

Still further objects and advantages will beunderstood from the following detailed description, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of one form of window frame constructed according to my invention and set in a wall frame, a portion of which is shown in dotted lines;

Figure 2 is a section of the window frame taken in a plane indicated by the line 2-2 in. Figure l and showing additionally the sash-retaining strips attached to the frame, a portion of the wall-frame structure being indicatedby dotted lines;

- Figure 3 is a section of the window frame taken in a plane indicated by the line 3-3 in Figure 1, the view showing also the sash-retaining strips, and in dotted lines portions of the window sashes and the completed wall structure in which the window frame is set;

Figure 4 is an elevation of the lower portion of another form of Window frame con structed according to my invention and set in a wall frame, a portion of which is shown in dotted lines;

Figure 5 is a section of the window frame taken in a plane indicated by the line 5-5 in Figure 4 and showing also the sash-retaining strips attached to the frame;

Figure 6 is a broken elevation of another embodiment of my invention, especially adapted for casement window-frame construction, a portion of the wall frame, in which the window frame is set, being indicated by dotted lines; and

Figure 7 is an elevation of a portion of the window frame adapted to be set in a masonry wall, the upper portion of the window frame bein g shown as set in concrete, and the lower portion of the window frame being shown as set in a brick, tile, or stone wall.

In the form of my invention, illustrated in Figures 1, 2, and 3, the window frame 1 is set in an opening formed in a wall frame, a portion of which is shown in dotted line. This window frame comprises an upper horizontal member 2, a lower horizontal member 3, inner vertical members 4t, which are, at their upper ends, set in grooves formed in the under side of the upper horizontal member 2 and are, at their lower ends, set in grooves formed in the upper side of the lower horizontal member 3, and outer vertical supporting members 5, which are set with their ends in respective recesses formed in the ends of the horizontal members, so that the ends of the horizontal members are flush with the outer side faces of the outer vertical members 5 and that the window frame is thereby adapted to be nailed to the studding of the wall frame.

The inner vertical members d are provided with obliquely transverse grooves on their inner sides for receiving the ends of a sill 6, so that the sill slopes outward and downward when the window frame is set in the wall structure and so that the sill is supported on the lower horizontal member 3. In the inner vertical members 4 are openings 7 for sashbalancing devices, which are indicated by dotted lines. It is understood, of course, that the openings 7 may be arranged near the top of the window frame for receiving therein the respective pulleys over which run the cords or chains whereby the sashes are connected with the weights therefor. Whether weights or spring balancing-devices are employed, the horizontal members 2 and 3 form pockets 8 with the vertical members for receiving therein the respective balancing devices.

Prefe ably, the inner vertical members 4- are correspondingly rabbeted on both sides, as shown at 9, so that the same member can be used without turning for receiving therein a bead strip 10 between the window sashes, portions of which are indicated by dotted lines in Figure 3. -For-the purpose of receiving I therein the horizontal bead strip 11, thehorizontal member 2 may be similarly rabbeted on both sides, as shown zit-12 in Figure 2. *When the sash-es have been placed in position in the window frame, horizontal and vertical strips 13 and 14, which preferably form parts of the window casing, are suitably secured to the window frame for retaining the sashes therein. 'InFig-ure 3 is'indicatedby dottedlines how toe nails may be driven thru the outer verticalmembers' for securing the window frame 1 to the studding of the wall frame, and

in Figure 1 is alsoindicated by dcttedlines how the window frame closely fits under a horizontal member of the wall frame and fits upon supporting studs at the bottom. It isthus seen thatthe window frame, when in place, aids in supporting the wall structure.

After the window frame'has been secured'in position in the wall frame, the wall is sheathed andplastered in the usual manner,

.and'the casing is fitted, so. that the manner in which the window frame isjoined. to the wall frame is thereby made inconspicuous.

'flhelowerportion of a window frame 15, which .at itsupper portion is similar'to the frame 1, already described,'is shown in Figures f1 and 5. In this instance, the'lower horizontal member '16 of the frame supports thereon at its endsthe outer vertical members ;.1 7, --but thesill 18 egrtends between the memand-is secured thereto and supported ou wa n downwa w frameis; set n the wallframe. Also, 1n this W dg .19, pr ferably s u ed n verse. grooves onthe upper side of the horizonta lmemb .16 s he i l u Slopes the window instance, the inner vertical members20 are preferably set withtheir lower ends n transverse grOOYeScutin the upper side of the. sill and spaced from the vert calmembers .17 correspondingly with thegrooves in the horizon- :tal member, so thatthemembers 17 are there-' by. positioned directly above the respective wedges and are thus supported on the lower horizontal member 16 as efiectively as the members 4: in the frame 1, shown inFigure 1,

are supported bythe lower-horizontal member ,3. Pockets 21, corresponding to the pockets 8 in-the frame 1, are also formed in the frame :15, which is otherwise similar in construction to the frame,1, sot-hat a further description thereof appears unnecessary in'order to understand its adaptability of application.

In Figure 6 are shown portions of a window frame 22, Which is particularly adapted to be used as a casement window-frame, although it may alsobeused as aframe-for sliding sashes.

It differs from theframe 15, shown in Figure 1, only in that it has no outer vertical supportingmembers and in that the window sill 23 ex'tendsso as; to be with its ends in respective planes with the ends of the upper horizontal member 2 1 and the lower horizontal member 25. In this instance, the vertical members 26,

.which take the place of the inner vertical members-.20 iii-the frame 15 are made heavy soas to be capable of supporting thereon notpnly the upper horizontal member but also that part of the wall structure which rests upon-.thez'hori-zontal member. It should be observed that, since the ends of the upper horizontal member 'overhang the ends of the window sill, thevertical members also, in this construction, form pockets 27 with the respective ends of the sill and the upper horizontal member, so that,fif it is desired to use the-frame 22 for holding sliding sashes therein, the pockets are adapted to rec'eivetherein the balancing devices or weightsfor the that of-the frame 22, shownin Figure 6, but,

while in the latter figure the dotted lines indicate the setting ofthe window frame 22in a wooden-frame wall,-Figure 7 shows the frame 28 set-partlyinto a concrete wall 29 and partly into a brick, tile, or stone wall 30. In this instance,the vertical members 31 are shown as providedwith balancingdevices 32, and, in order to reinforce the vertical members so as to compensate for the cut-out portions in which the balances are set, blocks 33, adapted .to receive portions-of the respective balances therein, are fixed to the vertical members. For the reception of these blocks, pockets 84: are

formed similarly to -the'pockets 27 in the -fra1ne22, but, if spring balances 32, as indicated, are used, the concrete wall 29 and-the brick, tile, or stone wall 30 may extendall the way to the -vertical members 31 and the wedges 35 so as to embed the ends ofthe up perhorizontal member'3-6, thesill 37, and the lower horizontal member 38and thus reduce the size of the pockets'in orderthat the wall formations 29 and 30 at the vertical members 31 of the window frame 28 may assist the frame in supporting the superstructure of the wall.

I claim as my invention:

1. A window frame adapted to be set in, and to support, a wall structure, the frame comprising upper and lower substantially horizontal members; wedges secured upon the lower horizontal member and spaced from the ends thereof; a sill secured upon the wedges, and the wedges being so inclinedthat the sill thereon slopesoutward and downward when the frameis set in the wall structure; and substantially vertical members seecured at their lower ends upon the silldirectly above the respective wedges and joined to the under side of the upper horizontal member, the respective ends of the horizontal member on the sill being substantially in the same plane.

2. A window frame adapted to be set in, and to support, a wall structure, the frame comprising upper and lower substantially horizontal members wedges secured upon the lower horizontal member and spaced from the ends thereof; a sill secured upon the wedges, and the wedges being so inclined that the sill thereon slopes outward and downward when the frame is set in the wall structure; substantially vertical members secured at their lower ends upon the sill directly above the respective wedges and joined to the under side of the upper horizontal member in a spaced relation to the ends thereof, the vertical members having openings therein for the reception of sash-balancing devices; and reinforcing blocks secured to the respective vertical members at the respective openings.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

EAR-L W. STORMS. 

